I was told; If you must test something by touching, always use the back of
your hand(either?), because the reflex tendency will be to grasp, and so
you'll pull away rather than take a good grip!

And my best; when I was a kid I got an old valve scope, bust, and had it on
my desk, cover off. After sitting on the bed for a while mulling on how to
fix it, I leant forward and grabbed the corner of the scope to pull myself
up. Right where the mains switch was! Well there was a flash, a puff of
smoke and I had two neat holes burnt into my index finger. Was sore for days.

At 08:32 PM 21/02/04 +0000, you wrote:
>I remember being told to always test something (if you absolutely have to)
>with your left hand behind your back. The chances of the current running
>down through your heart are less likely if you get zapped with your right
>hand.
>
>I must personally admit to a bit of "brain in neutral" when I was at
>college. This was around 1980, I had an old instrument panel power supply
>controlling my CB radio. +12v 20A or so (IIRC). I touched the side and got a
>"mains" shock. I then proceded to touch all around the case to see if it was
>all "live", needless to say it was. I thought afterwards how stupid this was
>as the power supply was in a metal case ... DUH!
>
>But back to the 240/110v issue, I have probably had more than my fair share
>of electric shocks for various reasons and I'm still alive - actually there
>must be a mental condition for this - I actually like the feeling <gulp>,
>but then I blame my mother :)
>
Regards
Roland Jollivet


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